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The Naked: A Psychological Film [2001] [DVD]
An office undressed to the bare skin. People working on the office and people visiting the place do not wear any stitch.As they are so completely naked, it’s easy to see all the plays they play with each other. How some dominate and some are dominated. As for the boss, he is transferred to mental care during the day, we follow. He returns.In the hierarchic bottom we see the youngest and most competent of them all, a young woman striving to relate to a charming younger technician who very ineffectively takes care of the computer. And – as good as he can – of the charming young.What does such an office produce during the day?Nothing. Nothing at all.The manuscript of the film could not produce an real ending, so therefore the final develops to a farce. Let it.Unfortunately the transmission to dvd is very poor, leaving pictures with bad resolution to put it mildly. Such a pity. Cp
This film is a kind of experiment/provocation. My respect to the actors – naturals, who agreed to exposing their bodies and managed to act as if they’re dressed up. The verbal layer has no importance here – it’s just people doing plain talk about office routines and all-day’s life. All is meant to be provocative, but perhaps most provocative is the farting scene (too realistic, to be just funny). Altogether it is unique show and I still remember it quite well after a few years, although I probably wouldn’t like to see it again – naked truth may be quite disturbing. So, if you are looking for a cheap porn – don’t waste your money on this film. But if you’re looking for new perspective and are ready to doing some (perhaps disturbing) discoveries – then closely observe your own reactions while watching this film. Interesting things may appear on your side, rather than on the screen. I guess, this was the creators’ intention, too.
A firsthand experience about bureaucracy’s stark-naked truth, inside the microcosmic reality of an office where a lot of unexpected things may happen long before the coffee break.
Naked the Hague – ‘Kwetsbaar bloot tegen perfectie’
